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7.4.2 Folder Objects 
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<tt class="class">Folder</tt> instances represent open folders and have the following
methods:

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1474' xml:id='l2h-1474' class="method">error</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>format</var><big>[</big><var>, ...</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Print an error message - can be overridden.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1475' xml:id='l2h-1475' class="method">getfullname</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the folder's full pathname.
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1476' xml:id='l2h-1476' class="method">getsequencesfilename</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the full pathname of the folder's sequences file.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1477' xml:id='l2h-1477' class="method">getmessagefilename</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>n</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the full pathname of message <var>n</var> of the folder.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1478' xml:id='l2h-1478' class="method">listmessages</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a list of messages in the folder (as numbers).
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1479' xml:id='l2h-1479' class="method">getcurrent</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the current message number.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1480' xml:id='l2h-1480' class="method">setcurrent</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>n</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set the current message number to <var>n</var>.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1481' xml:id='l2h-1481' class="method">parsesequence</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>seq</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Parse msgs syntax into list of messages.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1482' xml:id='l2h-1482' class="method">getlast</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Get last message, or <code>0</code> if no messages are in the folder.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1483' xml:id='l2h-1483' class="method">setlast</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>n</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set last message (internal use only).
</dl>

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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1484' xml:id='l2h-1484' class="method">getsequences</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return dictionary of sequences in folder.  The sequence names are used 
as keys, and the values are the lists of message numbers in the
sequences.
</dl>

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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1485' xml:id='l2h-1485' class="method">putsequences</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>dict</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return dictionary of sequences in folder name: list.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1486' xml:id='l2h-1486' class="method">removemessages</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>list</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Remove messages in list from folder.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1487' xml:id='l2h-1487' class="method">refilemessages</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>list, tofolder</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Move messages in list to other folder.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1488' xml:id='l2h-1488' class="method">movemessage</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>n, tofolder, ton</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Move one message to a given destination in another folder.
</dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1489' xml:id='l2h-1489' class="method">copymessage</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>n, tofolder, ton</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Copy one message to a given destination in another folder.
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